Chapter 74: A Private Visit (5)

The girl invited Li Chengqian and the others into the house, while the guards stood guard outside.

As soon as they entered the house, they saw the main hall, with a bedroom on each side.

Li Chengqian looked at the thatched house in front of him, and it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as bare.

"Sir, please have some water!" The girl scooped a bowl of water for everyone.

"Your brother should be six years old now! Has he ever been to school?" Li Chengqian asked, looking at the child in front of him.

"We are a poor family, how can we afford to send him to school?" the girl said.

"Didn't the court issue a decree this year to build primary schools in large villages in each county? All children over the age of six can enroll, and the families of all children enrolled will have their land tax reduced. Why don't you send your brother to school?" Li Chengqian asked in confusion.

In order to allow more poor people to be free from the troubles of life and to send their children to school, the court specially issued this welfare to the working people.

This family has no reason to refuse such a good thing. Why not send their children to school?

This is a big issue related to education, and it is also an important reason for him to come out for a private visit this time.

"The village primary school has a fixed number of places, but these places are all occupied by the Ri Zheng. People like us don't even think about it." The girl told the truth.

Their family also wanted the policy given by the court, but unfortunately these places were occupied by the Ri Zheng. Even Muramasa couldn't do anything. How could their family, an outsider, fight against the Ri Zheng.

Tang Dynasty system: Villages with less than ten households are merged into large villages. Not only does a village chief have to be appointed, but villages with more than ten households have to appoint a village chief. Villages with more than 100 households have to appoint an additional village chief.

Li Chengqian was furious after hearing this. It turned out that the problem was here. Local gentry secretly withheld the quota and occupied the policy of exemption from land tax.

In this way, their families do not have to pay land tax and take the benefits of others for themselves.

"Listen to me, everyone in there, get out immediately."

When Li Chengqian was about to inquire about the situation further, there was a shouting from outside.

"Let's go! Let's see which blind guy it is." Li Chengqian got up and went outside, and saw a group of people who were confronting the guards.

Among them were two people he was familiar with.

"I thought it was someone's dog that was not tied up properly and was barking everywhere. It turned out to be you two bereaved dogs." Li Chengqian said.

"You dog, you are quite arrogant! Don't you know whose territory this is?" The gangster stood up and pointed at Li Chengqian.

"Who are you talking about, dog?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Dog is talking about you!" The gangster blurted out, and immediately felt something was wrong.

"Oh! I was wondering! Why did I hear a barking sound? It turned out to be a dog barking." Li Chengqian said.

Everyone laughed, and the gangster realized what the problem was.

"You..."

"Enough! You are such a disgrace, get out of here." A young man dressed as a scholar among the people shouted.

Li Chengqian knew that the real boss had appeared.

The gangster didn't dare to say anything more, stepped aside, and looked at Li Chengqian fiercely.

"You are the ones who beat up my men?" the young man asked.

"That's right! We were the ones who taught them a lesson, what do you want?" Li Chengqian said.

"My men can't be taught by anyone, outsider, I want you to remember one thing, I have the final say here, this is my territory, it's not your turn to act wild here." The young man said.

Li Chengqian said: "Oh! What do you want?"

"Get over here, kneel down! Kowtow and admit your mistakes!" the young man said arrogantly, looking at Li Chengqian with contempt in the corner of his eyes.

In this Mujia Village, he is the local emperor with only one mu and three mu of land. No one dares to disobey him. Anyone who dares to challenge his authority will not have a good end.

"Kneel down? You are not worthy!" Li Chengqian said jokingly.

As soon as Li Chengqian's joking voice sounded, the people on the opposite side were immediately furious. Someone actually dared to tease Brother Gou in Mujia Village. It was simply too much.

"Boy, you are looking for death!"

"If we don't kill you today, we will take your last name!"

The people on the opposite side shouted, holding the guy in his hand, just waiting for Brother Gou's order, and then rushed over to beat the guy on the opposite side to the ground.

Brother Gou glanced at Li Chengqian indifferently, like an emperor looking down at an ant and said: "Don't kill anyone. If you are crippled, I will take care of you."

"Don't worry, Brother Gou! Go ahead, brothers!" One of them waved his hand and rushed towards Li Chengqian and his men with a dozen people.

"As long as no one dies, anything is fine!" Li Chengqian said.

"Yes!" Eight guards immediately came to greet them.

Although the other side had more than a dozen people, they were all hooligans who bullied men and women. They were no match for these guards. Eight guards were enough to deal with them.

After seeing this, Brother Gou almost laughed to death. The other side actually only sent eight people. This was looking down on them. You will be in trouble later.

"Ah..."

Suddenly, screams kept coming. Brother Gou's mouth corners slightly raised. This is the end of offending me.

Looking up, Brother Gou suddenly widened his eyes with an expression of disbelief.

His men were lying on the ground in all directions, and now only groans were heard.

Eight guards were walking slowly towards him.

Gou Ge swallowed his saliva, he knew that he had met a tough guy today, and he might have to die here.

"Don't, don't come over here." Gou Ge was so scared that he kept backing away, still shouting: "Do you know who my father is?"

"I know, he's just a Li Zheng!" A guard joked.

"Yes, my father is a Li Zheng, if any of you dare to touch me, I guarantee that you can't leave this village." Gou Ge said.

The guards ignored Gou Ge, his father was just a Li Zheng, a low-level clerk without a rank, not even a Liuwai.

Not to mention his father, even if the county magistrate came, if he dared to disrespect their master, he would still suffer the consequences.

The guards did not say any more nonsense to him, but rushed up directly, beat Gou Ge half to death, and then went back to report.

"Master... Sir! How should we deal with these people?" The guard almost blurted out Li Chengqian's identity, but fortunately he changed his words in time.

"Tie up all these people, take them to the county government office, and let the county magistrate punish them!" Li Chengqian said.

He wanted to see who was supporting them in the county government office, the county magistrate or the county magistrate's assistant.

"Yes!" The guard took the order, found a rope, tied up all these people, and took them to the Fucheng County Government Office.

"Young lady, we still have things to do, so we won't bother you here, goodbye!" Li Chengqian said.

"Sir, take care! I'm sorry I can't see you off!" said the girl.

Li Chengqian, along with Zhao Jie and others, escorted the group of people to the county government office.